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A small shed in my garden where poetry readings, radio thoughts and stories can be explored. You’ll also find some cats. Come on in, I’m glad you’re here.

I’m an author from Belfast represented by The Feldstein Agency. My work has appeared in The Simple Things, Books Ireland and I’ve been longlisted for the Cambridge Short Story competition, shortlisted for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize and the Flash 500 competition. I’m also a regular contributor to BBC Radio Ulster. 

Breaking News! My memoir is due to be published in Spring 2026. More soon…

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Learning all sorts of lessons from tiny creatures who are just going about their day. It looks like mercy in a dark world.

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Mercy

There are cobwebs all over the place lately, in the writing shed, yes, but in the house too. I was cooking dinner the other day and had to sweep aside layers of cobweb to reach the olive oil on the top shelf (and could hear Granny’s horrified intake of breath) and admitted that I really …

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    100 Years of The Great Gatsby

    I had such a good time as a guest on this podcast Bookcited from LibrariesNI. Getting to talk about Gatsby. My favourite thing. Spoiler alert – my fellow guest didn’t like the book. As if this wasn’t bad enough, Conor compared Gatsby to Batman at one point, I needed a lie down.

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    Memory
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    Stuff
    A Lost Art
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